Bob Marley’s “One Love” played in the never-worry clubhouse after Monday’s 6-5 loss to the new-and-improved Braves at Wrigley Field. The streaky Cubs are 21-17 and having issues with their rotation and uncharacteristic issues on defense and mental mistakes on the bases. Here are three more questions as they begin a seven-games-in-six-days road trip through Atlanta and Cincinnati and approach the season’s quarter pole:

Are you worried about Yu Darvish’s mental state?

“Honestly, I’m not,” manager Joe Maddon said.

This is what Maddon does best, trying to build up a player’s confidence through his public messaging and deflect heat away from a pitcher with a 6.00 ERA six starts into a six-year, $126 million contract.

“The guy’s been really good for so many years,” Maddon said. “He’s got an outstanding arm. I think sometimes he gets a little bit speeded up in what he’s doing. He and I have talked about that. But there’s...